Πρὸ δουλείας
before slavery
Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2004Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
"He threw himself down a cliff, enduring death before slavery."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρὸ δουλείας· ὁ δὲ κατεκρήμνισεν ἑαυτόν, θάνατον πρὸ δουλείας ὑπομένων.
Betacode
*pro\ doulei/as: o( de\ katekrh/mnisen e(auto/n, qa/naton pro\ doulei/as u(pome/nwn.
Notes (1)
- The unglossed headword phrase is presumably extracted from the quotation given.
- 1Quotation not identified by Adler, but plausibly claimed by Favuzzi [cited under alpha 1518] 58 as an approximation of Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 14.430 (web address 1); cf. generally alpha 4101, delta 99. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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